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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS APRIL 2018
Editorial | Expert Point of View | WCOG at ACG 2017 | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events
We Are World GI: A Celebration of the World
Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017
More than 5,000 gastroenterologists
and other health care professionals
from nearly 70 countries around the
world, convened at the Orange County
Convention Center in Orlando,
Florida, USA for the World Congress
of Gastroenterology at ACG2017 Annual
Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate
Course (WCOG at ACG2017)
from 13 – 18 October 2017. The
Congress reviewed the latest scientific
advances in gastrointestinal research,
treatment of digestive diseases and
clinical practice management.
On behalf of the WCOG at
ACG 2017 Joint Steering Committee:
Co-Chairs, David Bjorkman,
MD, MSPH and Carol A. Burke,
MD, FACG, and members, James
Toouli, MD, MBBS, PhD, FRACS,
Cihan Yurdaydin, MD, Kenneth R.
DeVault, M.D., FACG and Irving M.
Pike, MD, FACG, and the WCOG
at ACG 2017 Joint Scientific Program
Committee: Co-chairs, Geoffrey
Metz, AM, FRACP, MD,FRCP,
FACP and Jonathan A. Leighton,
MD, FACG, and members Kelly W.
Burak, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epid),
Carolina Olano, MD, MSc (Ed),
Seth A. Gross, MD, FACG, and
John R. Saltzman, MD, FACG, the
World Gastroenterology Organisation
(WGO) along with the American
College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
are honored to have co-hosted this
outstanding Congress. This global
gathering represented the first time
the World Congress of Gastroenterology
had been held in the United
States in more than 20 years.
2017 was a record-breaking year
for registration with 5,935 attendees,
and abstract submissions with over
2,600 posters and oral presentations.
Each day of the poster sessions, well-
David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH
2015-2017 WGO President
WCOG at ACG 2017 Joint Steering Committee Co-Chair
Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine • Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition• Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Carol A. Burke, MD, FACG
2016-2017 ACG President
WCOG at ACG 2017 Joint Steering Committee Co-Chair
Vice Chair, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Geoffrey Metz, AM MBBS, FRACP, MD, FRCP (UK),
FACP
WCOG at ACG 2017 Scientific Program Committee Co-Chair
Professor, Director of Medical Education
Epworth Hospital • Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, FACG
WCOG at ACG 2017 Scientific Program Committee Co-Chair
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic• Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
The Congress reviewed the
latest scientific advances in
gastrointestinal research,
treatment of digestive
diseases and clinical
practice management.
World Congress of Gastroenterology @ ACG
2017.
We are World GI.